On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 21:32:32 -0500, "The Henchman" wrote:



"mm" wrote in message ...

OT

The phone books have been getting smaller. With the yellow pages, I
figure most places are still in business but they have moved their
advertising elsewhere.

But with the white pages, I'm not so sure. The new book is 1/3
smaller than the book 1 or 2 years ago. If they've just made their
numbers unpublished, I want to keep the book so I will still have
their numbers. But if they've abandoned their wired phones for cell
phones, there is no point to keeping the book.

Why is the White Pages 1/3 shorter than it was? How much is
unpublished and how much is just gone?

Thank you.

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white pages haven't shrunk around these parts. IS your city shrinking
maybe?

No, the city is a little smaller but this covers the surrounding area
too and together they're the same or bigger. I'll check again if it
covers the exact same area (the YP sometimes only covers the west half
of the area.)

I have some idea about your white pages shrinking. new area codes means
they streamlined the numbers into the proper books. there has been such a
proliferation of area codes recently. perhaps instead of one big book they
have 3 smaller ones?

Also maybe they shrunk the font in the pages to save money on paper. The
same number of phone numbers but printed smaller and more condensed to use
less paper and printing costs?

Good ideas, I"ll check all these things this weekend.

Although Smitty's statistic might account for it.